Year 4

 

Welcome to the Summer term.

Can’t believe how quickly this year is going! We still have lots to get through and fun things to do! Our main topic for the term is Green Planet.

Our new topic this term is ‘Green Planet’ which will focus on our environment and how we look after our planet.

This term, we will think about the following questions:

  • How green are we? 
  • How do our choices affect the world? 
  • What lies beneath my feet? 
  • How does my garden grow? 

As you can see, many of these questions link to science. We will be carrying out lots of exciting science experiments which will link to the topic ‘Green Planet’.   

Miss Norton and Mr Brown 😃

THIS WEEK’S LEARNING: Week commencing 22 May 2023

Please remember to sign the consent form for our trip to Kew Gardens on Friday 26th May. Our trip is on Friday- please allow your children to wear a backpack (as small as possible) to bring their lunches and drinks in. The children will be holding these bags all day so nothing too heavy- please keep an eye on the weather just in case we have warm or rainy weather.

The times table test will be starting the week commencing 5th June- please practise all the times tables with your children.

This week in English we will be looking at poems in a range of forms.  The children will be given the opportunity to perform their poem in front of their peers (if they want to).

Please complete pages 28 and 29 in the 2nd CGP comprehension book you will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 5.6.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

 

In Maths, we will be moving onto shape. We will be focussing on this week- understanding angles as turns, identifying angles, comparing and ordering angles and finally looking at triangles. Please continue to practise time with your child as it is a very tricky thing to grasp.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- https://assets.whiterosemaths.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y4-HL-Summer-Block-5-Properties-of-shapes-2020.pdf

The work so far on times tables has been brilliant, please continue to help your children to learn all their times tables as this will have a massive impact on their maths skills and will help them throughout their school life.

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

 

Thank you for all of your support! Have a wonderful half term break!

Miss Norton, Miss Powell and Mr Brown

Click here to see what we did in previous weeks

RECOMMENDED READING

Please encourage your children to read at home and complete their reading diaries.

Pie Corbett’s Reading Spine is a core of books that create a living library inside a child’s mind. It is a store of classics and essential reads that help children engage at a deeper level and enter the world of the story.

                       

 

SUPPORTING MATHS AT HOME

As a school, we adopt a mastery approach to teaching Mathematics, using White Rose maths as our core scheme. The follow links will take you to workbooks, videos and games which may be helpful in consolidating your  learning at home: 
 
 
 
 
 

 

SPELLING & GRAMMAR

 

 

 

What have we been up to ?

Please check this section regularly to see photos of our activities.

ASHMOLEON MUSEUM

JUNIOR MUSIC FESTIVAL – The Hexagon Reading